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Mom's (GG) Fruit Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 pkg. Dates, sliced
1 C seedless raisins
2/3 C Butter
1 1/4 C Brown sugar
1 1/2 C Hot water
1 jar (pt.) fruits and peels
1 C Chopped nuts
3 C Sifted flour
2 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Nutmeg
1 tsp. Baking soda
1 tsp. Baking powder
1 tsp. Salt
Directions:
Directions:
Combine dates, raisins, butter, brown sugar and water in a saucepan. Boil gently for 3 minutes. Cool in a large mixing bowl.

Beat in eggs, then add fruits and peels and nuts. Sift flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add gradually to the fruit mixture, beating well after each addition.

Pour into a 9 inch tube pan, lined with greased waxed paper.

Bake at 275 degrees for 2 hours.

Cool on a wire rack.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
Yields a 3 1/2 pound cake
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Mom (GG) made this every Christmas to give as gifts. I LOVED IT. One year about 45 minutes into the baking, she suddenly realized she hadn't added the eggs. She pulled the fruit cakes out of the oven, poured the half-baked cakes into a bowl, added the eggs and returned them to the oven. She was so mad at herself, but in the long run, the fruit cakes tasted just as good.

 

 

 

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